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United  States  Department  of  Agriculture, 

BUREAU  OF  ANIMAL  INDUSTRY. 


AMENDMENT  7  TO  RULE  3,  REVISION  1.— TO  PREVENT  THE  SPREAD 
OF    SCABIES  IN    SHEEP. 


Amendment  effective  on  and  after  March  IS,  1910. 


United  States  Department  of  Agriculture, 

Office  of  the  Secretary. 

The  fact  has  been  determined  by  the  Secretary  of  Agriculture,  and 
notice  is  hereby  given,  that  the  contagious  and  communicable  disease 
known  as  scabies  is  not  now  known  to  exist,  or  exists  to  a  slight 
extent  only,  among  sheep  in  the  State  of  Washington,  and  in  certain 
portions  of  the  States  of  Oregon,  Nevada,  Utah,  Colorado,  and  the 
Territory  of  Arizona,  all  of  which  areas  are  now  quarantined  by 
Rule  3,  Revision  1,  dated  March  22,  1907,  and  effective  April  15, 
1907. 

Now,  therefore,  I,  James  Wilson,  Secretary  of  Agriculture, 
do  hereby  remove  and  revoke  the  quarantine  placed  by  Rule  3, 
Revision  1 ,  upon  the  following  area,  to  wit : 

The  State  of  Washington ;  that  portion  of  Oregon  lying  east  of  the 
Cascade  Mountain  Range;  the  counties  of  Clark,  Lincoln,  and  Nye,  in 
the  State  of  Nevada;  the  counties  of  Beaver,  Piute,  Iron,  Garfield, 
San  Juan,  Washington,  and  Kane,  in  the  State  of  Utah;  the  counties 
of  Mohave,  Coconino,  Yavapai,  Yuma,  Maricopa,  Gila,  Pinal,  Gra- 
ham, Pima,  Cochise,  and  Santa  Cruz,  in  the  Territory  of  Arizona; 
and  all  that  portion  of  the  State  of -Colorado  lying  north  of  a  line 
beginning  at  the  northwest  corner  of  the  Southern  Ute  Indian 
Reservation  in  Montezuma  County;  thence  due  east  through  the 
counties  of  Montezuma,  La  Plata,  and  Archuleta  to  the  western 
boundary  of  Conejos  County;  thence  northerly  along  the  western 
boundary  of  Conejos  County  to  its  northwest  corner;  thence  west 
to  the  southwestern  corner  of  Rio  Grande  County;  thence  nort  b  along 
the  western  boundary  of  Rio  Grande  County  to  the  northeast  corner 
of  Mineral  County ;  thence  westerly  following  the  La  Garita  Moun- 
tains to  the  western  boundary  of  Saguache  County;  thence4  north 
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along  the  western  boundary  of  Saguache  County  to  its  northwest 
corner;  thence  east  along  the  southern  boundary  of  Gunnison  County 
to  its  southeast  corner;  thence  continuing  in  an  easterly  direction 
along  the  Sangre  De  Crysto  Mountain  Range  to  the  southwest  corner 
of  Custer  County;  thence  following  the  southern  boundary  of  Custer 
County  to  its  southeast  corner;  thence  north  along  the  eastern 
boundary  of  Custer  County  to  its  northeast  corner;  thence  east  along 
the  southern  boundary  of  Fremont  County  to  its  southeast  corner; 
thence  north  along  the  eastern  boundary  of  Fremont  County  to  a  point 
on  said  boundary  crossed  by  the  Atchison,  Topeka  and  Santa  Fe 
Railway  running  from  Woodruff  to  Taylors;  thence  following  said 
Atchison,  Topeka  and  Santa  Fe  Railway  in  an  easterly  direction  to 
its  intersection  with  the  Denver  and  Rio'  Grande  Railroad  in  Pueblo 
County;  thence  following  the  Denver  and  Rio  Grande  Railroad 
easterly  to  Pueblo ;  thence  continuing  in  an  easterly  direction,  through 
the  counties  of  Pueblo,  Otero,  and  Kiowa,  along  the  Missouri  Pacific 
Railway  to  a  point  where  it  crosses  the  Kansas-Colorado  state  line. 

The  effect  of  this  order  is  to  release  from  quarantine  all  of  the 
State  of  Washington;  that  portion  of  Oregon  lying  east  of  the  Cascade 
Mountains;  the  counties  of  Lincoln,  Clark,  and  Nye,  in  the  State  of 
Nevada;  the  counties  of  Beaver,  Piute,  Iron,  Garfield,  San  Juan, 
Washington,  and  Kane,  in  the  State  of  Utah;  all  of  the  Territory  of 
Arizona  except  Navajo  and  Apache  counties;  all  of  the  State  of 
Colorado  except  the  counties  of  Conejos,  Rio  Grande,  Saguache, 
Huerfano,  Costilla,  Las  Animas,  Baca,  Bent,  Prowers,  and  portions 
of  the  counties  of  Montezuma,  La  Plata,  Archuleta,  Pueblo,  Otero, 
and  Kiowa. 

Done  at  Washington  this  first  day  of  March 
1910. 

Witness  my  hand  and   the  seal  of  the  De- 
partment of  Agriculture. 

James  Wilson, 
Secretary  of  Agriculture. 


